minority
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2.8
- noun
- /maɪˈnɔrɪti/
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minoría
- In the recent election, the party managed to secure a minority of the votes, preventing them from gaining power.
- majority and minority
- a minority party
- a small minority
I see the value in that historically sick people being a minority everywhere that they exist.
- I see the value in that historically sick people being a minority everywhere that they exist.
- It's just that the numbers outweigh the minority.
- But let's not forget that small minority.
- Like we give outsized weight to critics when they're in the minority.
- The Senate has a very, very large minority.
- I subscribe to The Economist and it says here about this, there's a dwindling minority of faculty members.
- You might guess the turned out that a minority of Democrat voters said they would stay and fight for their country.
- Right Second is that Nassim Taleb has a great framework where he says the most intolerant minority wins.
- OK, so that's a minority for the Ramji method.
- These two procedures are for me my everyday, but still the minority of what neurosurgeons have to offer.
Examples
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Larger districts and districts with more ethnic minority students may be more likely to have such policies.
Academic text (2012) -
District 9 created a fresh take on apartheid by making the oppressed minority aliens.
Academic text (2011) -
Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself, but too often a small minority break that golden rule.
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We're in the minority now.
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Just a brief question you see is that the deal might be approved or possibly approved by a minority vote.
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You see, few people care to be in the minority.
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Most participants had completed high school, and a sizeable minority were currently employed.
Academic text (2008) -
Educators have been charged with closing the performance gap between majority and minority students.
Academic text (2013) -
Relatively few Jews, for example, maintain divided kitchen facilities, and only a minority buys exclusively kosher meat.
Academic text (1999) -
She was very shocked when I told her that Trump policies were damaging to minorities and LGBTQ plus people.
Synonyms
A group that has fewer than half the people or votes
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.6
A person who leads the party with the second most seats in a parliament or other law-making body
12
3.7
A group of people who have different national or cultural traditions from most people in a country
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4.8
Protection and fair treatment for a smaller, less powerful group in society
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Minority comes from minor 'less', so it means the smaller number or part in a vote or group, the opposite of majority ('more'). That's why a minority has fewer members or votes in a decision.